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Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

I'm an NFL junkie during the regular season, but I just can't get into this pre-season stuff. I don't even get that pumped for a Colts pre-season game. I think it goes back to how we completely blew it off in the Manning era. Pre-season games put me to sleep.

Yep, had tickets to the Giants game hoping Reggie would get a few plays. The Mrs. and I left at halftime after our $20 parking and $12 dollar pop and nachos.

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Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Yep, had tickets to the Giants game hoping Reggie would get a few plays. The Mrs. and I left at halftime after our $20 parking and $12 dollar pop and nachos.

That game was 3 hours and 40 minutes. We left at the 2 min warning before halftime and was almost home before the game ended. I live almost 2 hours away. I usually give my preseason tickets away but I wanted to see Manning and Brees this year. Oh, and seeing Curtis Painter was worth the price of admission

Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Did the NFL really make pass interference a point of emphasis for officiating this summer like some commentators said during a preseason game yesterday? So we're going to see even more penalties next year? Does Goodell purposely want the games to be more drawn out to maximize advertising revenue?

Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Did the NFL really make pass interference a point of emphasis for officiating this summer like some commentators said during a preseason game yesterday? So we're going to see even more penalties next year? Does Goodell purposely want the games to be more drawn out to maximize advertising revenue?

Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Did the NFL really make pass interference a point of emphasis for officiating this summer like some commentators said during a preseason game yesterday? So we're going to see even more penalties next year? Does Goodell purposely want the games to be more drawn out to maximize advertising revenue?

Illegal contact penalties are way up this preseason, the result of the league office telling officials to monitor defensive backs closely and throw flags with impunity. That will continue in the regular season.
“We’re not going to change how we’re calling the games once the regular-season starts,’’ NFL V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino told The MMQB.

Blandino added, however, that the league office believes teams will adjust to the stricter rules enforcement and that there won’t necessarily be more flags when the season starts because players will have learned through the preseason what they can and can’t do.

“The way the game’s being officiated now is the way it’s going to be officiated when the season begins,” Blandino said. “We have to remain consistent. I knew we’d see a spike in calls when we put out these points of emphasis. But coaches adjust, and players adjust. They have to, and they know it. And we’ll correct our officials when we feel they’re being over-zealous with certain calls. Plus, I would say that between 70 and 75 percent of the calls I’ve gotten from teams after their games this preseason are asking the question, Why weren’t there more calls? I had a call today from a team with seven questions, and six were, Why wasn’t a foul called on this play?”

After a 2013 season in which several NFL passing records were set, we may see even more in 2014. It’s a good year to be a quarterback or a wide receiver.

Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Illegal contact penalties are way up this preseason, the result of the league office telling officials to monitor defensive backs closely and throw flags with impunity. That will continue in the regular season.
“We’re not going to change how we’re calling the games once the regular-season starts,’’ NFL V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino told The MMQB.

Blandino added, however, that the league office believes teams will adjust to the stricter rules enforcement and that there won’t necessarily be more flags when the season starts because players will have learned through the preseason what they can and can’t do.

“The way the game’s being officiated now is the way it’s going to be officiated when the season begins,” Blandino said. “We have to remain consistent. I knew we’d see a spike in calls when we put out these points of emphasis. But coaches adjust, and players adjust. They have to, and they know it. And we’ll correct our officials when we feel they’re being over-zealous with certain calls. Plus, I would say that between 70 and 75 percent of the calls I’ve gotten from teams after their games this preseason are asking the question, Why weren’t there more calls? I had a call today from a team with seven questions, and six were, Why wasn’t a foul called on this play?”

After a 2013 season in which several NFL passing records were set, we may see even more in 2014. It’s a good year to be a quarterback or a wide receiver.

Honestly, this is happening because a certain staunch defense from the Northwest like to pick up their jams 4 yds from the LOS and hold then 2-3 yds knowing that they'll get the benefit of being past 5 yards cause they pick them up so late the refs wouldn't want to ruin the "flow of the game" calling it everytime.

Re: 2014 Preseason Thread: Back to Football

Two weeks ago when the Saints’ local preseason broadcast featured a garish red ad for “Slap Ya Mama” spices superimposed over the field, some smart aleck suggested it was a good thing they weren’t playing the Ravens.

As it turns out, that smart aleck was a prophet (he gets lucky sometimes).

According to Christopher Dabe of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Slap Ya Mama Red Zone will not be part of the Saints’ final preseason contest — against the Ravens.

The Cajun seasoning company said in a release that it agreed to pull the sponsorship “in light of the domestic violence issues facing the NFL.”

The league has circled back on its initial blind eye toward similar ads on other local broadcasts (which are controlled by the teams during the preseason), saying such virtual signage should not appear.

With the games being replayed on the NFL Network, the local ads were getting national play. And not just the ones for delicious Cajun spices, which Ray Rice has now ruined for all of us.